Women and girls rights

CHURCH LEADERS IN LUWERO CHAMPION FIGHT AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE.

Leave a Comment / Luwero, Success Stories, Uncategorised, Women and girls rights, Women Economic Empowerment / By NAWOU Uganda

Women economic empowerment is a gradual process which has several layers to it and in order to realize women’s economic freedom, aspects of Gender Based Violence (GBV) or economic violence against women are still present in our communities today and they need to be addressed. It is everyone’s responsibility within the community to advocate for …

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HOW NAWOU SUPPORTED ME TO DEFEND MYSELF AGAINST GBV IN MY HOME.

Leave a Comment / 16 Days of Activism, COMBATs, Success Stories, Women and girls rights / By NAWO Uganda

As a little girl, I grew up with my father and mother and our home was filled with love and peace. I admired my parents and I always looked forward to that day when I would become a wife, a desire I soon realized. My husband and I had a great relationship at the beginning to our marriage, however, …

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LOOKING BACK TO LOOK AHEAD: HOW WOMEN IN HOIMA ARE THRIVING.

Leave a Comment / Success Stories, Voices from the field, Women and girls rights, Women Economic Empowerment / By NAWO Uganda

Daisy is a beneficiary of a former NAWOU intervention which ended 3 years ago and does not carry with her the memory of the project but tangible impact to her life. She spoke to NAWOU staff and couldn’t hide her joy about changes her life has experienced. She testified that before the NAWOU interventions and …

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FLAVIA ABAKWASE: A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHO FOUND HER VOICE!

Leave a Comment / COVID19 Updates, Luwero, Success Stories, Women and girls rights, Women Economic Empowerment / By NAWO Uganda

For Flavia Abakwase, a member of Agali Awamu Women’s Group in Kamira Sub County, like many others was brought up to think a husband was the sole decision maker in the home and she eventually carried this attitude into her own marriage. The idea of her starting her own business to sustain her household or …

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